Ladies & Gentlemen, I've been working on FREENET dev etc. for more than 2 DECADES ever since Ian bravely made the Project objectives close to our hearts and minds.
For more than 2 Decades now, I have never seen any racist remark from the Founder-Developer, Ian Clarke on the dev platform and on Facebook and any other socmedia. We've got numerous contributors of ethnic background right here and racial overtones are Non-Existent. Thanks partly to Ian. We NEVER see Ian discriminatively making remarks or by prejudicial actions that borders on Racism for more than 20 years now. Let us continue with the same spirit of camaraderie and eager anticipation that have been pushing us into the doors of success. I still have the same passion for Freenet ever since I graduated with my law degree from Univ. of Wolverhampton in 1998 and was studying to be a full-fledged lawyer. Ian who had graduated from varsity around the same time who had came out with this wonderful and yet fanciful IDEA is amazing! LMAO Just remember this most important fact! Unlike the PayPal and Google devs, we're not Billionaires! Hahahahaha! For FREENET fellas! On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 01:09, Ian Clarke <i...@freenet.org> wrote: > Only a midwit idiot would think that remark was racist, particularly one > who brought racism into the conversation in the first place. > > I thought it was funny, and that's all that matters. If you don't like it, > I suggest you touch grass. > > I'm going to start blocking you idiots. > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM craig mcgee < > craig.mc...@guilt-management.org.uk> wrote: > >> I have to admit I was confused by the statement Ian made. Joke or not, it >> wasn't funny. >> but this is as far as I will go on the matter as I don't wish to get >> involved in the freenet dispute. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Russell Glenn <rusgl...@swismail.com> >> *To:* devl@freenetproject.org >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2023 3:33 PM >> *Subject:* Racist statement of Ian Clarke on this list >> >> Mr. Ian Clarke, >> >> when discussing your acquisition of a secondary domain, >> "freenet.org", for your highly controversial unilateral decision >> to rewrite the Freenet Project which has always been hosted >> on "freenetproject.org", you said the following: >> >> > Yeah, all of the provocatively racist domain names were taken anyway. >> >> Notice that this is a VERBATIM quote, and the email of yours did >> not contain ANY other content, nothing to reduce the gravity of >> this statement; the gravity of which cannot be reduced anyway. >> Proof: https://www.mail-archive.com/devl@freenetproject.org/msg55336.html >> >> As a black person, but not only as such, I inform you that racism >> is NOT tolerable by any means whatsoever on this planet and will >> NEVER be. >> >> And before you attempt to dismiss this as a joke: >> Millions of people died due to racism. >> You, especially as a white person, are not entitled to joke about that. >> Nobody is. >> >> And this piles onto the provable falsehoods and other insults you have >> produced on this list in the previous days. >> >> Therefore, it is my duty to join the ranks of people who request >> you to: >> * immediately step down as leader of the Freenet Project and >> * leave its board and >> * transfer ownership of the domains to the Freenet developer team and >> * transfer ownership of all other related accounts and >> * cease to use the name "Freenet" for any of your new projects. >> >> Racists, or those who joke about racism, do not belong into positions >> where power is wielded. >> >> As you have failed to prove that the board of the project is still >> constructed of active members of the community, >> and not of those who have been inactive for decades as Mr. Daigniere >> stated, >> I join those who request leadership is transferred to the >> leading developer. >> To my knowledge, this is Mr. Babenhauserheide. >> >> Should he not accept the position, I would vouch for the previous lead >> developer Mr. Dougherty, or anyone of the choice of the two. >> >> Finally, I urgently implore anyone who reads this email to state >> their support. We must stand united against racism. >> >> - Russell Glenn >> >> > > -- > Ian Clarke > Founder, The Freenet Project > Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org> >
